A study of low-thrust guidance.
Formulation of problem of guiding low thrust spacecraft back to nominal trajectory
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Application of combined high- and low-thrust propulsion systems to planetary missions.
Vehicle mass requirements for optimal high and low thrust propulsion systems for manned and unmanned planetary missions
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Experimental performance of a low-thrust, divergent-flow, contact-ionization electrostatic thrustor
Electrostatic ion thrustor employing cesium on tungsten contact ionization for satellite attitude control and stationkeeping missions
Lathem, W. C.↗
Optimization problems in the mechanics of low-thrust space flight
Trajectory optimization problems in mechanics of low thrust propulsion for solar sail and power limited space flights
Grodzovskii, G. L.↗
A two-variable asymptotic solution for three- dimensional solar powered low-thrust trajectories in the vicinity of the ecliptic plane.
Approximate analytic solution for variables describing three dimensional solar powered heliocentric low thrust trajectory in vicinity of ecliptic plane
Wesseling, P.↗
1.0 A.U. extra-ecliptic constant low-thrust missions.
Constant thrust electric propulsion systems performance with coast trajectories presented for 1.0 AU extraecliptic missions
Mascy, A. C.↗
Solar electric low-thrust missions to Jupiter with swingby continuation to the outer planets.
Solar electric low thrust propulsion application to Jupiter swingby mission to outer planets
Flandro, G. A.↗
Precision flow measurement techniques for low-thrust auxiliary-propulsion liquid rockets
Precision flow measurement techniques for low thrust auxiliary propulsion liquid rockets
Grant, D. J.↗
A compilation of current computer programs for low-thrust trajectory analysis
Current computer programs for low thrust trajectory analysis using flyby and rendevous trajectories
Mascy, A. C.↗
The Hamilton-Jacobi method applied to the low-thrust trajectory problem.
Spacecraft optimum low thrust trajectory analyzed by Hamilton-Jacobi perturbation theory, obtaining canonic constants of motion
Miner, W. E.↗
Low-thrust mission simulation - Feedback to hardware definition.
Low thrust mission simulation dependence on hardware definition, discussing power plant characteristics, jet velocity and thrustor efficiency
Mascy, A. C.↗
Interplanetary low-thrust mission analysis.
Interplanetary low thrust mission analysis model, discussing major elements interactions
Strack, W. C.↗
Toward a unified set of low-thrust mission analysis techniques.
Low thrust mission analysis techniques and computer programs, discussing electric propulsion
Horsewood, J. L.↗
Optimal continuous low-thrust trajectories for co-altitude rendezvous.
Low thrust trajectories for minimum time rendezvous between continuous thrust interceptor and passive target vehicle, comparing calculus of variations and steepest ascent analyses
Burrows, R. R.↗
Low-thrust solid and hybrid system analyses.
Low thrust reaction control for space missions, summarizing range and specific impulse characteristics for solid and hybrid systems
Hahn, H. T.↗
Recurrent nature of Lagrange multipliers for optimal low-thrust earth-Jupiter transfers.
Recurrent Lagrange multipliers for optimal low thrust earth-Jupiter transfers, using three dimensional solar system model
Fowler, W. T.↗
Toward a unified set of low-thrust mission analysis techniques Interim report
Low thrust mission analysis and computer programs
Horsewood, J. L.↗
Interplanetary low-thrust mission design via Chebychev optimization methods
Optimum low thrust ion propelled interplanetary trajectory design using two step Chebyshev method
Hahn, D. W.↗